Baby Shower in Richmond

While in Richmond over Valentine's Day Weekend, the Harrington (and Pfeil) ladies surprised me with a lovely tea party baby shower.  I was very surprised and very blessed by them!

Thank you all for the many wonderful gifts and the thoughtful preparation you put into the shower!

Papa and Ross are working hard trying to "guess the mess" in the diapers.  (really...the messes are various candy bars!)

Chris and I with Mimi and Papa Kirk.  (Great Mimi and Great Papa to Baby H)

35 Weeks Along

Sarah and the Kids visit Twinsburg

Sarah, Olivia, Annabella, and Calvin came to visit Chris and I in Twinsburg last Tues and Wed, Feb 24th and 25th.  Sarah spoke at Club JV (the middle school youth group Chris and I help out with) about Japan.  We had a great time making homemade calzones, playing Settlers of Catan, visiting a playground, and eating at Chick Fil-A.  It was a very special two days!! 

Valentine's Day Weekend in Richmond

 Another yummy work of art...the "A" is for Annabella :-)

Olivia's masterpiece--- beautiful!

Annabella and Olivia decorated cookies in their new chef's outfits that 

Chris and I got them for their birthdays.  

Chris and I with Olivia, Calvin, and Annabella in our Valentine's Day apparel. 

Uncle Matt and Aunt Angela with Olivia and her birthday gifts. 

We celebrated birthdays just before the exchanging of Valentines.   Chris and I got Calvin his first football.  (please take note of the Bengal's colors)

We had the chance to meet the Pfeils at the airport in Dayton.  

We were welcomed by smiling, beautiful faces!! -- a great treat considering this weary family of 5 had just completed 24 hours of travel!!

32 Weeks Along

29 Weeks Along

Nursery Beginnings

Mom and Dad Hanlon brought our nursery furniture when they came out for Christmas. We had a blast putting the nursery together. Mom and I began to register at Babies 'R Us and she treated us to some nursery decor starters... thanks mom!!

Buying a Car

We said "farewell" to our '92 Honda Accord and "Hello" to an '05 Nissan.
(Our first car purchase as a married couple!)

Our new buggy -- the car which will drive our baby home from the hospital!!

Note: it may be cheesy to include this post on our blog;
however, we did spare you all the pics of us signing the papers :-)

Christmas in Ohio

Christmas was at the Harrington apartment this year. My family came to celebrate with us. We didn't take many pictures documenting the festivities, but the days were filled with fun - games, food, shopping, laughing, preparing a nursery, buying a car, and lots of wii!!!

Mom surprised us with a stocking for baby H. On Christmas morning, baby H was not left out-- It was a great time of celebrating this much anticipated little one!

Our Christmas festivities began with the traditional Club JV Christmas Party.
The following pics are some of the highlights....

Frank's fantastic gingerbread house.

Winners of the bobbing for candy canes contest (2nd year champs).

Dan's final Club JV Christmas... we'll miss you!!

Thanksgiving with the Harringtons & Getting Ready for Christmas

Chris and I cut down our Christmas tree the following weekend.

Unfortunately, we forgot the camera during the picking process, 

but here is its unveiling in our apartment.   

It's a beauty!!  :-)

We had a great time searching for a Christmas Tree--- 

here's to Molly for Picking out the tree of the year!!

24 Weeks!!!

I'm a year older and the baby is 4 weeks older :-) 

Thanks fam for the shirt!! I'm loving it!

20 Week Belly Bump

Now that you have seen Baby H from the inside... here's baby H from the outside.  This was taken last Sunday (11/16).

20 Week Ultrasound (or 2nd Photo Shoot)

Today we got to witness an hour in the life of Baby Harrington.  Wow!! -- not only did we get the good news that baby H is healthy, we also observed how lively he/she is!!  (That's right...he/she... we resisted the urge to find out the gender of this darling little one.)  Here are the snapshots from today's photo shoot.  Enjoy!!

Who do you think Baby H looks like?

Beautiful Feet!!

Baby's Cute lil' Profile :-)

16 Weeks!!

Baby Harrington is 16 weeks in the making today!! Praise the Lord!!  We wanted to update you with a new belly bump shot.  Our next doctors apt. is November 5th.  In the meantime, we pray, wait, dream, and schedule our next ultrasound :-)  Also, we thought you all might enjoy this 3D image of baby in the womb... courtesy of 3Dpregnancy.com.

14 Weeks!!!

This past Sunday, baby Harrington reached the 14th week mark!!  We went to the doctor for our check up on Thursday and heard the heart beat for the first time... how exciting!  Dr. Usis found the magical tempo right away and instantly announced the beat was a strong one :-)  

Highlights of baby's progress...

-fingerprints have now formed

-he/she can now suck their thumb

-he/she is about 3.5 inches long (or about the length of a flip phone)

Baby H is definitely starting to make his/her presence known through my baby bump....although I'm fairly certain to the unknowing observer it just looks like I'm packing on a few pounds in the central area :-)